Combination tie-plate and rail-brace



C. W. HACKETT.

COMBINATION TIE PLAE AND RAIL BHACE APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1911s.nENEwED JULY s. 919.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

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COMBINATION TIE PLATE AND RAIL BRACE.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.21. 191e. RENEwED JULY 5. 1919.

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CHARLES WALTER HACKETT, OF ATLANTA,AGEORGIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TCFRANK D. HACKETT, OF NORTHWILKESBORQ'NORTH CAROLINA.

COMBINATION TIE-PLATE .AND RAIL-BRACE.

Specification of Lettersatent. y

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

ApplcatiOn led March 21, 1916, SelialnNo. 85,690. Renewed July 5, 1919.Serial N0. 308,913.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES WALTER HAcxETT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re siding at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and tate ofGeorgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Tie-Plates and Rail-Braces; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in tie plates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction oftie plates and to provide a combination tie plate and rail brace ofsimple, practical and comparatively inexpensive construction adapted tobe cut and formed ,from an ordinary tie plate at a very slight increasein the cost of the same and capable of serving as an ordinary tie platein affording a rm bearing for the rail and prolonging` the life of thecross tie by preventing the rail from wearing into the tie anddestroying or injuring the grain or ber and thereby causing the tie tolose its grip or hold on the spikes and permitting the rails to spread.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tie plate equippedwith means for bracing the rail at the outside 'thereof and effectuallypreventing the spreading of the rails and at the same time overcomingthe danger of a rail turning over due t0 the side thrust of a passingtrain resulting from cone-shape truck wheels, which side thrust isgreatly increased on curves.

In the drawings Figure l is a plan view of a combination tie plate andrail brace constructed in accordance with this invention, and shownapplied to a rail,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the combination tie plate and rail brace,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a tie plate before the same is cut toform the rail brace,

Fig. 5 is a similar view, the tie plate being cut Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the tie plate after the same is cut and thepartially severed portion bent upwardly at an inclination to form thebrace,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the same after the partiallysevered-portion has ,been shaped to form the brace.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalgures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, l designates an ordinary rolled tie platewhich is cut by suitable dies to form straight parallel longitudinalincisions 2 and a transversely disposed incision 3 connecting thelongitudinal incisions and forming a central partially severed portionas clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The partially severed portion is bent upwardly at an inclination asillustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings and it is curved or rolledtransversely to provide a longitudinally tapered brace 4 which presentsa convex outer face and a concaved inner face which forms a longitudinalgroove 5.. The upper end of the brace 4 is beveled at 51 to lit theunderside of the head 6 of a rail 7 and the end edge 8 abuts against theweb of the rail. The lower end portion of the brace 4 and the adjacentportion of the base l are struck up and rounded, thus providing a strongdurable connection between the brace and base. The brace engages therail at the angle formed by the outer portion of the head and the weband the bottom flange 9 of the rail fits in the crotch l0 formed by thelower end of the brace and the tie plate. The rail is arranged upon thetie plate which is provided with spike receiving openings 11 located atopposite sides of the rail and also at the outer end of the plate l. Thespikes 12 engage the rail at the inner and outer bottom flanges thereofand rmly maintain the base of the rail flat upon the tie plate. The tieplate is provided at its lower face with longitudinal ribs 13 and 14 forengaging a cross tie 15 to prevent the tie plate from slipping thereonbut the lower face of the tie plate may be constructed in any otherdesired manner as will be readily understood.

It will be seen that the combination tie plate and rail brace isexceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction and that a maximumamount of strength particularly in the inclined brace is obtained from aminimum amount of metal owing to the curi-ing and tapering of tliepartially severed portions.

What is claimed s:-

A combination tie plate and rail brace comprising, a at rectangular basehaving longitudinal and transversely extendingincisions forming acentrally disposed partly severed portion adapted to be bent upwardly tofunction Vas a tie brace, said brace being curved transversely to form asemiconical bracing member, the lower portion of the bracing member andthe adjacent portion of the base being` struck up and rounded to orm a.strong durable connection between the base and brace.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WALTER HACKETT.

Witnesses M. M. HoLLowAY, J. W. GRANADE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

